Word: themes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...President Taft took a middle position on the question of parties and principles, declaring that at present, parties, though imperfect, afford the only practical means of interpreting the opinion of the voters. The main theme of his address, however, concerned the present coition of the courts. He declared that "in many places the administration of civil justice is a disgrace to this country. In the western states, particularly, the people have harmed the courts to an extent that is almost irremediable. The same change that has characterized the wanton election of judges has extended to other offices...
...strange phases. The third play, "Ygraine of the Hillfolk" by R. E. Rogers '09, is the second drama in verse which the club has acted in its five years of producing Harvard plays. It unfolds a tense Viking tale of wrong suffered, and heroic retribution, woman upon man. The theme is different from that of any play that the club has produced and offers large opportunities for vivid acting. Mr. H. T. Parker '90, dramatic editor of the Boston Transcript, says, "The short plays that the club has previously acted have been of many kinds. This spring they promise manifold...
...following program has been arranged:--Liszt, Variations on a Theme by Bach (Weinen-Klagen); Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Sonata in E major, No. 2, Op. 2; Brahms, (a) Intermezzo in E flat minor, and (b) Capriccio in B minor; Chopin, (a) Nocturne in C minor, (b) Berceuse, and (c) Polonaise in A flat; Ganz, (a) "In May" (Op. 23), and (b) Etude-Caprice (Op. 14); Blanchet, Serenade (Op. 15); Liszt, (a) Sonetto dipetrarca in E. and (b) Rakoezy March...
...serves towns and forests, but does not turn aside from its course toward the great calm of the sea, so the soul, allowing and providing for necessities, still makes its only aim union with the infinite. A poem, to be understood and appreciated, must have one central theme; in the same way life must have its one great purpose and aim or the whole is meaningless and confused...
Quartet in D major, Haydn. Theme and Variations from Quartet in A major, op. 2. Gliere. Quartet in D major, Cesar Franck...